Beinecke Scholarship

Award Summary: $4,000 for senior year and $30,000 for graduate study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Applicants must demonstrate exceptional potential for graduate work and financial need.

What is the Beinecke Scholarship?

The Beinecke Scholarship seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated college juniors to pursue
opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study
in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to
entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. There are no
geographic restrictions on the use of the scholarship, and recipients are allowed to supplement the
award with other scholarships, assistantships and research grants. Scholars are encouraged to begin
graduate study as soon as possible following graduation from college, and must utilize all of the
funding within five years of completion of undergraduate studies.

Who is eligible for the Beinecke Scholarship?

An applicant must:

1. Demonstrate superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement, and personal promise during his or her undergraduate career.
2. Be a junior (planning to graduate between December 2015 and August 2016).
3. Plan to enter a master’s or doctoral program in the arts, humanities, or social sciences on the way to an academic career.
4. Be a U.S. citizen or national.
5. Have a documented history of receiving need-based financial aid during his or her undergraduate years. (Applicants might also be considered who would have been eligible for need-based financial aid had they not received merit-based financial aid.)